What a difference a year makes. SERC colleague Arne Jacobson and I traveled to Washington, D.C. in January to speak to our lawmakers, discuss ongoing work at the Center, and offer our support and guidance on climate...
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Peter LehmanRenewables Renewed: Refurbishing the Schatz Solar Hydrogen Project
Article by Scott Rommel SERC got its start in 1989 when we designed and built the Schatz Solar Hydrogen Project (SSHP), the first solar hydrogen energy system in the U.S. The system was installed at Humboldt...
Schatz CenterSERC Delivers Fuel Cell Test Station to Auburn University
Article by Michael Winkler SERC engineers Greg Chapman and Michael Winkler recently delivered a custom hydrogen fuel cell test station and two proton exchange membrane fuel cells to Professor Ben Choi at...
Humboldt State to Get Hydrogen Powered Toyota Prius
In the spring of 2007, SERC is scheduled to receive a hydrogen powered Toyota Prius for use at Humboldt State University (HSU). The vehicle will be operated for a two-year period as part of California’s Hydrogen Highway...
Jim ZoellickAn Energy-Saving Home on the Range
A few months ago, staff of southern Oregon’s Siskiyou Field Institute (SFI) asked SERC to help make SFI’s newly acquired Deer Creek Center (DCC) a showcase for clean energy. SFI is a non-profit dedicated to increasing...
Richard EngelA Message from the Director
This issue of our newsletter chronicles a milestone event for the Schatz Center. After years of work designing and installing hydrogen technology for organizations all across the U.S., we’re finally getting to build a...
Sustainable Energy for the Yurok Nation
The Yurok Tribe, whose remote homeland stretches from the seashore to the inland mountains of northwest California, are close neighbors of SERC. We have worked with the Yurok on a number of occasions, helping them to...
Coming Full Circle at Redwood National and State Parks
In the spring of 2000, SERC initiated a collaboration with the University-National Park Energy Partnership Program (UNPEPP). This past summer, the SERC-UNPEPP relationship reached a new milestone with the completion of...
Hydrogen Safety and Awareness Training
SERC Director Dr. Peter Lehman and Senior Research Engineer Jim Zoellick recently provided a hydrogen safety and awareness training to staff and safety officials at the State University of New York at Buffalo. SUNY...
Docents Get HyTEC
Fall has begun and with it a flurry of activity in our education and outreach program. We added four new docents to our program, three Environmental Systems graduate students and one undergraduate in Environmental...
Allison HansberryFall Speaker Series Lineup
SERC is pleased to host an exciting fall semester lineup for the Energy, Environment, and Society speaker series. This is the second year for the series, and we look forward to building on last year’s success. The...
A Message from the Director
Once again, I’m proud to be a Californian. As part of a landmark deal reached recently by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative Democrats, California will become the first state to impose a cap on all greenhouse...
